Cook

Responsibilities

• Menu planning - collaborate with the home manager and residents' requests to develop and implement menu ideas, including themed days and events.
• Dietary needs - work closely with staff to ensure residents' specific nutritional and dietary needs are met, including modified textures and allergies.
• Kitchen management - main point of contact for the kitchen, responsible for day to day stock management and hygiene standards.

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months valid right to work.
• Experience in kitchen operations and understanding of how to run a professional kitchen.
• Knowledge of the IDDSI framework or ability to support complex dietary requirements (desirable).
• Availability to work 40 hours per week.

Benefits and compensation

• £16.15 per hour.
• Refer a friend scheme - earn up to £1,000.
• Outstanding career development and full training funded to QCF level 5.
• Blue Light discount package.
• Company pension scheme.
• On demand pay.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. We are a rapidly growing, family owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members and expanding every day. We deliver care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live in care across more than 170 locations nationwide.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQC. Agincare is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

Location

Tower Bridge Care Home - London. View Care Home: